boggling

Examples

• All

• It's mind boggling how a single idea can change the world in such profound ways.

• It's mind boggling how fast that is.

• It's pretty mind boggling to see the side by sides.

• This is one of our regular places to visit and it's mind boggling in scale.

• And it is absolutely mind boggling how terrible social media is for our mental health.

• Wow, what a mind boggling twist and what a great message to start the new year.

• It is, it is mind boggling to me that we're having this conversation.

• That's mind boggling at the part per trillion level.

• Well, either way, can you explain the mind boggling idea of infinite infinities?

• The magician performed a series of mind boggling tricks that left the audience in awe.

Synonyms

A

amazing

vsboggling

∞ 1.0

Causing great surprise and admiration

includes that admiration plus an unusual difficulty to understand

I

incredible

vsboggling

∞ 3.5

Very surprising or hard to believe

puts more weight on being unusually strange and hard to understand

M

mysterious

vsboggling

498 5.1

Hard to understand or explain because it seems strange

is about surprising or amazing oddness that prevents easy understanding

U

unbelievable

vsboggling

432 4.9

Very surprising and almost impossible to accept as true

leans toward strange amazement that also resists easy explanation

A

astounding

vsboggling

92 4.1

So surprising and impressive that you feel amazed

stresses surprise that is also unusually hard to grasp

P

puzzling

vsboggling

42 4.6

Hard to understand or explain

focuses more on unusual amazement that underlies the confusion

M

mind-boggling

vsboggling

• Informal

31 7.0

Very surprising or hard to understand

is about unusual amazement that makes understanding difficult

B

baffling

vsboggling

27 6.4

Hard to understand and causing confusion

stresses that the puzzlement comes from being unusually amazing

S

staggering

vsboggling

24 5.3

Very large and surprising in a way that shocks you

focuses more on surprising strangeness that hinders understanding

U

unfathomable

vsboggling

23 8.6

Very hard to understand or measure how deep something is

is more about striking, unusual amazement than deep inscrutability

I

indescribable

vsboggling

21 5.4

So wonderful or strange that words cannot show it

focuses instead on strange amazement that also makes understanding hard

P

perplexing

vsboggling

16 6.7

Making people feel confused because it is hard to understand

is more about surprising strangeness that makes sense hard to find

B

bewildering

vsboggling

13 5.2

Causing a lot of confusion and making things hard to understand

emphasizes surprise born from unusual or amazing qualities rather than just confusion

M

mystifying

vsboggling

7 7.3

Causing someone to feel confused

adds a stronger sense of amazement tied to the puzzling quality

A

astonishing

vsboggling

5 3.4

Very surprising and making you feel great wonder

adds the idea that the wonder also makes comprehension difficult

E

enigmatical

vsboggling

1 9.3

Hard to understand, like a puzzle

adds the idea that the obscurity comes from being unusually amazing

D

dumfounding

vsboggling

8.4

So surprising that you cannot speak

is similar but also highlights unusual puzzlement alongside silence

D

dumbfounding

vsboggling

7.5

Causing someone to be unable to speak because they are very surprised

adds that the astonishment comes from something unusually hard to follow

Antonyms

O

ordinary

683 1.0

Normal and not special or unusual

P

predictable

189 2.5

Easy to guess what will happen

How Surprising

mind-boggling

• Informal

31 7.0

boggling

1 7.5

astonishing

5 3.4

remarkable

588 2.8

surprising

433 1.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology